Saigon FC

Saigon Football Club (Vietnamese: Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn) is a Vietnamese professional association football club administered by Saigon Football Development Joint Stock Company. The club's name was set as a result of a club known as Hà Nội got renamed and relocated in 2016 to Ho Chi Minh City.[1]

Saigon
Full nameSaigon Football Club
Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Sài Gòn
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundThong Nhat Stadium
Capacity15,000
PresidentTrần Hòa Bình
Head coachPhùng Thanh Phương
LeagueV.League 1
2020V.League 1, 3rd
WebsiteClub website

History

FC Tokyo partnership

In February 2020, Saigon announced a cooperation agreement with Japanese club FC Tokyo, which includes plans for a joint football academy being started in Vietnam.[2]

Kits
  • 2018: Kami Sport
  • 2019: Fraser Sport
  • 2020: Zaicro
  • 2021: Club made kits
  • 2022-present: Kelme

Sponsors

Season
Season Pld Won Draw Lost GF GA GD PTS Position
2016 V.League 1 26 9 9 8 34 32 +2 36 7th
2017 V.League 1 26 11 10 5 40 29 +11 43 5th
2018 V.League 1 26 9 4 13 36 40 −4 31 8th
2019 V.League 1 26 10 6 10 37 40 −3 36 5th
2020 V.League 1 20 9 7 4 30 19 +11 34 3rd

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2021 AFC Cup Group H Cancelled

Stadium

Saigon has played at Thong Nhat Stadium in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City since the club was founded in 2016.

In 2020, the club purchased the Thanh Long Sports Center in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City. The proposed Saigon Football Academy that they will jointly operate with FC Tokyo will be based out of this location.[3]

Home stadium

Other stadiums

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 January 2021.[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  VIE Trần Minh Toàn
2 DF  VIE Lê Vương Minh Nhất
3 DF  VIE Nguyễn Nam Anh
4 DF  VIE Lê Cao Hoài An
6 MF  KOR Woo Sang-ho
8 MF  VIE Nguyễn Minh Trung
9 FW  JPN Hiroyuki Takasaki
10 MF  JPN Daisuke Matsui
11 FW  VIE Võ Nguyên Hoàng
12 DF  VIE Trần Anh Thi
13 MF  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Quốc Chí
14 MF  VIE Tẩy Văn Toàn
15 DF  VIE Dương Văn Trung
16 DF  VIE Nguyễn Đình Nhơn
17 DF  VIE Nguyễn Công Thành
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  VIE Trần Mạnh Cường
19 FW  VIE Đỗ Merlo
20 DF  VIE Nguyễn Thanh Thụ
21 MF  VIE Phạm Văn Luân
23 MF  VIE Cao Văn Triền
25 MF  VIE Lý Trung Hiếu
26 DF  VIE Nguyễn Duy Triết
27 MF  VIE Bùi Xuân Quý
35 GK  VIE Nguyễn Hoàng Minh Duy
36 GK  VIE Phạm Văn Phong
37 DF  VIE Nguyễn Văn Ngọ
39 MF  VIE Huỳnh Tấn Tài
44 DF  SEN Papé Diakité

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Phung Thanh Phuong

Managerial history
Dates Name Notes
2016–2018 Nguyễn Đức Thắng
2018 Phan Văn Tài Em
2018–2019 Nguyễn Thành Công
2019–2020 Hoàng Văn Phúc
2020–2021 Vũ Tiến Thành
2021 Masahiro Shimoda[5]
2021– Phung Thanh Phuong

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Vietnamese, Japanese clubs to establish football academy in Vietnam". vnexpress,net. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "Saigon FC, FC Tokyo to build academy in Vietnam". sportbusiness.com. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. https://vpf.vn/team/sai-gon/?sid=48808
  5. "Saigon FC appoints Japanese head coach". vnexpress.net. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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